Obi v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Kenneth Nnadi Obi was accused of using false information to obtain a drivers’ license and unlawful use of license. He pleaded guilty to the latter, a misdemeanor offense, and was sentenced to time served. The record on appeal contains no transcript of the plea hearing. Obi enumerates four errors, challenging the trial court’s acceptance of the plea. Held:

1. We reject Obi’s contention that the trial court accepted his plea without assuring its voluntariness. Notwithstanding the absence of a transcript of the plea hearing and the fact that waiver may not be inferred from a…